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KMID : 1123920110250061050
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Korean Journal of Oriental Physiology and Pathology
2011 Volume.25 No. 6 p.1050 ~ p.1055
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Study of Sasang Constitution Classification Method Based on Elasticity Coefficient of Hand Doral Skin of Elderly People
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Kang Nam-Sik
Lee Jae-Chul
Ku Bon-Cho
Kim Jong-Yeol
Kim Young-Min
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Abstract
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This paper presents a novel diagnostic method to determine Sasang Consitution (SC) by elasticity coefficient of hand dorsal skin of elderly people. For this purpose, we carried out a clinical test, in which Our SC diagnostic tool and one Oriental medical doctor with SC medicine expertise participated to categorize 458 healthy subjects into four constitutions. After excluding heavy-noise, we extracted 295 subjects’ elasticity coefficient feature data and statistically analyzed their SC relevance with ANOVA test. It resulted in that, Taeum-in has high elasticity coefficient compared to Soeum-in in a significance level of 0.05. There are no differences of elasticity coefficient in genders. This result is supported by the theory of Longevity and Life Preservation in Eastern Medicine(Donguisusebowon, 동의수세보원) which suggested that Taeum-in’s flesh is solid and Soeum-in’s one is tender. This is the first work which reports the relatedness of skin elasticity coefficient and SC by an objective clinical test.
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KEYWORD
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hand dorsal skin, Sasang Constitution, elasticity coefficient, Standard Operating Procedure, Elasticity Measurement System
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